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The best weightlifting videos, articles and interviews from around the web.

Deng Wei 149kg Clean and Jerk 264kg Total 2016 Chinese Weightlifting Championships

April 11, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China… More records are being unofficially broken at the Chinese National Championships. Deng Wei (63kg) completely dominated the 63kg class with her opening attempts securing gold medals. She attempted to break the 117kg snatch world record by 1kg but unfortunately missed after briefly holding it overhead. However, she unofficially broke her own 146kg […]

Li Yajun 104kg Snatch 2016 Chinese National Weightlifting Championships

April 9, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … This amazing performance deserved an extra post. Li Yajun (53kg) snatched 104kg at the 2016 Chinese Weightlifting Championships. +1kg above Li Ping’s official World Record at 53kg. Nothing too surprising from Yajun though. She did 105kg before.

Olga Zubova 180kg Jerk

April 9, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … Coach Vladimir Safonov has another gem from Olga Zubova’s past training. 180kg Jerk! Check out the Olga Zubova Category on ATG for her best lifts. Olga Zubova (75kg) and Vladimir Safonov, jerk 180kg!!! A video posted by VLADIMIR SAFONOV (@vladimir.safonov) on Apr 9, 2016 at 11:12am PDT

ATG on Tour Team Astana Part 2 – Ilya Ilyin Friday Morning Training

April 6, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is part two of the ATG on Tour with Team Astana Series (Part One Here). Featuring Ilya’s Friday morning session. Warm Up: some splits, balancing on one foot, planks Front Squats Snatches Clean and Jerks All pretty light to prepare the body for the “Big Friday” max out session in the evening.

Lesman Paredes 172kg Snatch 2015 World Weightlifting Championships

April 5, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is Lesman Paredes‘ (94kg, Colombia) 172kg Snatches from worlds. He was still 19 years old at the time (now he is 20) and is eligible to compete at this year’s Junior world championships. Watch his training hall video here.

The Chronicles of Arnaia: On Location in Greece with Pyrros Dimas

April 3, 2016 By Dr. Boffa

Update: Here is Part One – The Lion (Cub) of Himara. Update: Here the video that was made for the US Olympic Trials. Here is a special report from none other than Dr. David Boffa of The Human Circus and The Two Doctors Podcast. He was on a special mission in Greece to interview one […]

Chinese Weightlifting 2016 Spring Training

April 3, 2016 By Gregor Winter

It’s time for the yearly spring check ing with the Chinese team (2015 Edition here). This year their national championships (9-12.04 and 16-19.04) will also act as their Olympic trials. If they say something interesting please help translating in the comments.

2015 Worlds Training Hall – Greatest Hits

April 1, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is a best of the greatest hits in the 2015 Worlds Training Hall. Look at the different techniques on display here! Featuring Super Stars like: Lu Xiaojun, Om Yun Chol, Dmitry Klokov, Sibel Özkan, Mirco Scarantino, Mohamed Ehab, Kim Myong Hyok, Deng Mengrong, Youngchul Lim, Dadas Dadashbeyli, Tian Tao, Mart Seim, Ksenia Maximova

ATG on Tour Team Astana Friday Morning Training Part 1

March 31, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is part 1 of the Friday Morning training session of team Astana when I visited them in Poland. Just a light session to prepare the boys for their “Big Friday” max out session in the evening. They did Front Squats/ Squats, Clean & Jerks, Snatches in this session Lifters: Denis Ulanov, Kirill Pavlov, Rustem Sybay and […]